September 2013
Siblings Revitalize Dad's Hospitality Business
The Melman siblings opened several bars and restaurants to revitalize their father's 42-year-old hospitality company Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises to appeal to younger clientele.
Keeping an Eye Out for Social and Mobile Innovations
Bite-size advice from snack-food company marketing veteran Bonin Bough.
This Startup Makes Finding Lost Items Easy
FinderCodes makes finding lost items as easy as scanning a code on your smartphone.
Online Startup Makes Website Editing Simple
Barley is a website-management program that allows entrepreneurs to undertake on-screen editing of their sites almost as easily as making changes to a Word doc.
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5 Tips for Creating a Prototype
A prototype is often the only way to know if your idea will fly, and if your startup is ready to launch.
Zombie VC Firms Can Be an Entrepreneur's Nightmare
Entrepreneurs, beware: When a VC firm shuts down, the obligation to deliver a return on the investment rarely goes away.
Startup Fills Unused Office Areas With Like-Minded Tenants
PivotDesk wants to play matchmaker for office space, helping fledgling companies find the right digs by connecting them with other businesses that are locked into long-term leases and have floor space to spare.
How an Ad Agency Fixed Its Call-Center Marketing
Using the RingRevenue platform, buyCalls was able to sniff out some major discrepancies in their campaigns.
Entrepreneurship: The Game (Infographic)
Your game is being an entrepreneur. And here are your badges.
How to Get Out of Your Own Way
There are three situations guaranteed to land you and your business in the mud. The only way to get out is to see these problems for what they are and move forward. Ready?
A Football App Shares Strategies With Coaches
Former NFL assistant coach Charles Coiner launched FirstDown PlayBook DropBack for middle-school, high-school and college teams. The app has a database of more than 5,000 plays--many used in real-game situations.
The Delicate Balance of Good Website Design
Green Hat Gin blends old aesthetics with new technology for a stirring online experience.
5 Ways to Avoid Burnout
Don't want your business to wreak havoc on your health and well-being? By planning ahead and working smarter, you can avoid short-circuiting.
Real World Work-Life Balance: How to Find Your Entrepreneurial Zen
Think entrepreneurship requires putting your personal life on hold and working 100 hours a week? Think again. We spoke to successful 'treps who've learned to prioritize life outside of work. Follow their strategies to find your own blissful balance.
Using Gamification to Boost Staff Morale
In addition to helping business owners solve problems around customer engagement and retention, gamification can enhance staff relations.
Why Your Business Should Get in on the Gamification Trend
Gamification, a principle for applying gameplay mechanics and theories to everyday problems, is growing in popularity. Here's how your small business can start playing.
Editor in Chief Amy Cosper on Gamification and the Importance of Play
Playfulness, as most entrepreneurs will tell you, can help alleviate the anxiety and stress that go hand-in-hand with owning a business.
How a Workwear Business Grew to Support Women's Leadership
Red Ants workwear for women has a heavy-duty impact.
How Keeping Wine Cold Became a Hot Business
Ben Hewitt created the Corkcicle to ensure "perfectly chilled wine every time."
How the Franchise Industry Tapped Into the Craft Beer Trend
By cutting out major food menus, these businesses let franchisees -- and their customers -- focus on what's truly important: what's in the glass.
How the Cruise Industry Can Overcome its Reputation Problem
邮轮产业充斥着糟糕的宣传。但franchisees have the resources needed to weather the storm.
What Self-Service Business Intelligence Is and How to Use It
This powerful form of analytics can make your business look smarter.
8 Ways to Screw Up Your Marketing
You work hard to build a reputation and generate positive word-of-mouth. But are you undermining your own efforts? Consider these common blunders.
How to Keep Your Employees Engaged
Keeping employees invested in their jobs and dedicated to the company vision is one of the seminal workplace -- and maybe the most misunderstood.
Crowdfunding Site Makes it Easier For Startups to Stand Out
SeedInvest aims to make it easier for startups to stand out from the crowd and give accredited investors the highest caliber of companies from which to choose.
College Entrepreneur Creates Digital Care Package Business
Regaalo, a web service that allows parents to send gifts to students, applies modern technology to an old-fashioned concept.
TapSnap Brings the Photo Booth Into The Digital Age
Photo booths are making a comeback, and the founder of the DVDNow Kiosks franchise, has created a touchscreen, open-air 'booth' that's connected to social media.
How Dwolla Disrupted the Digital Payment Industry
About 250,000 people use Dwolla, a payment network that charges just 25 cents for transactions of $10 or more. Dwolla's transactions on pace to total $1 billion in 2013.
What Corporate Incubators and Accelerators Mean for Your Business
Can entrepreneurship thrive within corporate constructs? Here, the ins and outs of corporate incubators and accelerators--and why they should matter to you.
How Corporate Incubators and Accelerators Work (Infographic)
An at-a-glance look at how corporate incubators and accelerators can help entrepreneurs
New Payment Platform Puts an End to the Daily Deposit Ritual
The expense and time it takes to get money deposited can gouge a company's profit margins. Jay Bhattacharya decided to address nearly every pain point in the transaction process.
Why You Should Start Preparing Your Ultimate Exit Strategy Now
You don't want your family to fight after you're gone, and you don't want the IRS to claim more than is necessary during the transition. Here are a few basics rules of thumb for creating a succession plan.
Dream Arcades Takes '80s Nostalgia to a New Level
Dream Arcades is the largest manufacturer of non-coin-operated arcade machines in the world. Last year the company broke $1 million in sales."Nostalgia sells," says co-founder Michael Ware.
Wendy's Franchise Owner Launches a Big Training Initiative
While the entire Wendy's franchise goes through a reboot, one franchise owner is taking an extra step, cleaning out dead weight and hiring almost 500 well-trained workers to Michigan restaurants.
What's Fashionable in Apparel E-Commerce
Our look at three of the top e-commerce clothing sites.
Marketing Automation Explained (Infographic)
Cutting-edge technologies are making businesses more productive, we explain this hot new trend.
The Ethics Coach on Practicing What You Preach
Our ethics expert answers questions about online games, employee pay and more.
The Quest for an Adequate Business Travel Experience
Forget the superlatives. Business travel is about finding the path of least resistance.
How to Know If Your Business Has Outgrown QuickBooks
Some businesses use Intuit's popular software through every stage of growth, but it does have some drawbacks. As your business grows you may encounter these limitations.
College Students Bring Targeted Media to Doctors' Waiting Rooms
Shradha Agarwal and Rishi Shah saw an untapped opportunity to bring video segments with tips on diet and exercise to patients in doctor office waiting rooms.
Young Entrepreneurs Create a Formula to Give Ads a Viral Boost
Virool gives businesses a self-serve, social video advertising platform to help get the kind of exposure that only a viral hit can bring.
Harvard Students Reimagine the Cosmetics Business
The innovative cosmetic e-commence site, Birchbox is many things. For consumers, it's a chance to sample new products for a small fee and to replenish products they already enjoy, and for the founders, it's a platform that connects consumers and brands.
A Facebook Alum Builds an Intelligent Sales Platform
Darian Shirazi turned down a $35 million acquisition offer from Google, and leveraged his massive local database to provide real-time information for sales teams targeting the U.S. small-business market.
Is That the Best You Can Do?
These days, everyone's a haggler. How to give your clients what they want without giving away the store.
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